Sentence examples for official reckoning from inspiring English sources

By the official reckoning, 578,000 people were affected.

Where is the equivalent of a German (or South African) official reckoning?

This helps to make the roads among the most dangerous in the world (89,000 deaths in 2006 by official reckoning; the actual number may be much higher).

An explosion of inter-ethnic violence in 2009 in the regional capital, Urumqi, that left nearly 200 dead, by official reckoning, exacerbated the divide.

BAGHDAD, March 31 — The Iraqi government on Saturday gave its first official reckoning of the truck bombing Tuesday in the northern city of Tal Afar, putting the death toll at 152 people, a number about double that in early reports.

Beyond undoing the damage and human rights violations committed in our prisons, jails, courtrooms, police stations, and the horrendous militarization of police weaponry, which includes deploying counter-terrorism technologies to kill civilians, we urgently need an official reckoning with the past.

One official reckons the country has lost more than $380 billion since independence in 1960.

One official reckons the country has lost more than $380 billion to graft since independence in 1960.

A Western military official reckons the army is faring worse in Swat, where militants hold their own.

One official reckons illegal gains of $5 billion a year have been made by builders bribing their way around planning rules.

One leading French official reckons the answer is half thanks to a tradition of cautious borrowing, and half thanks to stricter rules.